{"id":1088,"date":"2024-01-09T13:54:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:39:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:39:52","slug":"applying-for-nsfas-a-step-by-step-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/applying-for-nsfas-a-step-by-step-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying for NSFAS: A Step-by-Step Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1088\" class=\"elementor elementor-1088\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMany South African employers do accept free online courses, as long as you can show what you learned. A certificate on its own rarely gets you the interview. What you did with the course does.\n\nChoose courses from known providers, such as universities, SETAs and large software companies. Then list them under a short Training heading on your CV.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Employers want proof of effort, and a finished course is exactly that.\n\n<cite>Fatima Isaacs<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nAdd the course to your LinkedIn profile too, with a line about one thing you can now do.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-black-south-african-career-coach-in-his-40s-hold-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"A Black South African career coach in his 40s holding an open folder of CV printouts, standing in front of a dark-green\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-black-south-african-career-coach-in-his-40s-hold-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-black-south-african-career-coach-in-his-40s-hold-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-black-south-african-career-coach-in-his-40s-hold-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-black-south-african-career-coach-in-his-40s-hold-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-black-south-african-career-coach-in-his-40s-hold-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-career-planning-desk-spread-printed-cv-drafts-a-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"A career-planning desk spread: printed CV drafts, a blank career-map worksheet, highlighters, sticky notes, a laptop cor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-career-planning-desk-spread-printed-cv-drafts-a-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-career-planning-desk-spread-printed-cv-drafts-a-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-career-planning-desk-spread-printed-cv-drafts-a-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-career-planning-desk-spread-printed-cv-drafts-a-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/padkaart-careers-a-career-planning-desk-spread-printed-cv-drafts-a-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which courses are worth your time<\/h4>\n\n<p>Pick topics linked to the jobs you want. Excel, communication and project basics are asked for again and again in local job adverts.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to show them on your CV<\/h4>\n\n<p>Write the course name, the provider and the month you finished. Keep it to one line each, and only list the ones that matter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many South African employers do accept free online courses, as long as you can show what you learned. A certificate on its own rarely gets you the interview. What you did with the course does. Choose courses from known providers, such as universities, SETAs and large software companies. Then list them under a short Training&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_advanced_robots":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rank_math_pillar_content":"","rank_math_og_title":"","rank_math_og_description":"","rank_math_og_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_twitter_card_type":"","rank_math_breadcrumb_title":"","rank_math_snippet_name":"","rank_math_snippet_desc":"","rank_math_snippet_type":"","rank_math_schema_Article":"","rank_math_schema_Product":"","rank_math_schema_LocalBusiness":"","rank_math_schema_FAQPage":"","rank_math_schema_HowTo":"","rank_math_gtin_code":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,30,27,21,22],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skills-development","tag-diplomas","tag-internships","tag-learnerships","tag-nsfas","tag-tvet-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20260,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions\/20260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/career-coaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}